Graeme Henderson

Graeme Henderson (born 1947) is an Australian maritime historian and maritime archaeologist. Since the early 1970s he played a leading role in developing maritime archaeology and maritime museums in Australia, having assisted in, or led the investigation of wrecks in the Fremantle area as well as on the Western Australian coast, on islands offshore and in the Eastern States. Henderson was the first Director of the new Western Australian Maritime Museum on Victoria Quay from 1992 to 2005.

In the 1990s, as a Member of the International Congress of Maritime Museums he extended his activities internationally, eventually establishing the ICOMOS International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage Inc., which played the lead role in developing the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

As the founding Chairman of the International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH) he played a role in initiating development of a first draft for the UNESCO 2001 Convention_on_the_Protection_of_the_Underwater_Cultural_Heritage.

Henderson is the author of over 100 works in maritime history and archaeology including 10 books. Provided by Wikipedia